Day of upsets as Athletics and Browns win in MLB
The Philadelphia Athletics toppled the New York Yankees 12-11 and the St. Louis Browns beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 in a day of upsets. Pirates end Roy Henshaw jinx as Gus Suhr hits a ninth inning homer to beat the Cubs. Frisch guides Cardinals to a 8-7 win over the Reds with a ninth inning rally.
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Athletics
New York Yankees
Browns
Detroit Tigers
Tommy Bridges
Schoolboy Rowe
Pittsburgh Pirates
Roy Henshaw
Dizzy Dean
Seville
Chubby
Bump Hadley
Yanks
Doyle
Turbeville
Mike Cochrane
Tigers
Elon Hogsett
Clarence
Red
Gus Suhr
Pirates
Henshaw
Suhr
Cubs
Hen
Pep Young
Chuck Klein
Frisch
Dean
Frankie Frisch
Cincinnati Reds
Cards
Ducky Medwick
Dizzy
Bill Myers
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Pete Appleton
Red Sox
Ed Linke
Jimmie Fox
Vernon Kennedy
White Sox
Indians
Boston Bees
George Marnshaw
Brooklyn Dodgers
Moore
Shenandoah Valley Academy Wins Season Opener 12 4
Shenandoah Valley Academy opened its baseball season with a 12 to 4 win over Luray in Luray. Tommy Kite struck out 20 batters while Luray’s Moyer fanned about a dozen. Dean and Harper led SVA with four singles each.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy Baseballers
Luray
Tommy Kite
Moyer
Luray Moundsman
Kite
Dean
Harper
Campbell
Cavetown
Gore Leaguers To Meet On Thursday
Gore Community League will meet Thursday April 23 at 7 30 in the school auditorium. The building and grounds committee report will be heard and a literary and musical program presented. A membership drive will be announced. All patrons and school friends are urged to attend.
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Gore Community League
Te School
Claims To Have Found 5000 Lindbergh Money Cache
Richard Finnigan a Chicago lawyer asserts he found New York cache of 5000 Lindbergh dollars consisting of 1000 five dollar bills. He refuses to reveal serial numbers or custody details, saying statements should come from Governor Hoffman as the case’s spokesman.
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Chicago
Richard Finnigan
New York
Hoffman
New Jersey
Finnigan
WPA Sewing Room Seeks Donations for Service Center
Preparations under the Works Progress Administration create a Ser vice Center in Winchester to train relief workers in home service. Women will be taught to become skilled maids practical nurses cooks and laundresses so they can gain employment after WPA ends. Cots chairs tables wash stands and other living room kitchen furniture are needed for the sewing room on North Loudoun Street. Miss Helen C Shockey district director oversees the effort and urges spring cleaning donations.
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Works Progress Administration
Winchester
WPA
Loudoun Street
Helen C. Shockey
Shockey
More Jews Die In Jaffa Tel Aviv Clash
Five more Jewish victims were reported dead raising two day total to 15 in fighting between Arabs and Jews in the Jaffa Tel Aviv area. An Arab was also killed in the clash according to Palcor News Agency.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Palcor
Today
Tel Aviv
Walter L Main Circus Set for Winchester Debut on Thursday
Walter L Main announces the fiftieth birthday tour with two performances on Thursday April 30. The crew of 25 canvasses towns within 50 miles posting posters as Mr Main promotes air conditioned tents 12 30 and 6 30 free grounds exhibitions and 2 and 8 shows rain or shine featuring Tarzan Mickey MacGuire St Leon Family of riders Jumbo junior and 50 other acts.
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Walter L. Main
Winchester
America
Hale and Hardy
Mr. Main
Tarzan
Mickey MacGuire
Hollywood Star
St. Leon
Joe Hodgins
Funny Ford
Jerry Burr
Grace Hodgins
Lillian St. Leon
Germans Exault At A Military Review As Gift
Berlin marked April 20 with a grand birthday display for Hitler. He appeared on a balcony, saluted crowds in a lengthy parade, and inspected two man tanks and armed motorcycles. Gifts poured in from mail carriers and civil service.
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Berlin
Hitler
Tiergarten
der Fuehrer
Reich
Kiel
Saar
Rhineland
Religious Body Concludes Meet in Virginia
The 44th annual Virginia Council of Religious Education closed in Charlottesville with Dr Roy A Burkhart of Columbus Ohio delivering an address titled Candles In The Wind The convention opened with a pageant at the First Baptist Church drawing about 1200 attendees The council plans to travel next to Wytheville Buchananan Woodstock Bacons Castle and Claren-
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Charlottesville
Roy A. Burkhart
Columbus
Ohio
Virginia Council of Religious Education
First ‘Baptist Church
Wytheville
Buchananan
Woodstock
Bacon’s Castle
Claren
To Be Tried For Hatchet Murder
The Kent County Circuit Court orders Mrs. Thelma Buxton to stand trial for the hatchet murder of her mother in law Effie Buxton on September 27. Mrs. Buxton, wife of Dr Kenneth B Buxton head of the college chemistry department, is a patient at Spring Grove State hospital where she was admitted after the slaying.
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Chestertown
Kent County Circuit Court
Thelma Buxton
Washington College
Effie Buxton
Buxton
Kenneth 8. Buxton
Spring Grove State Hospital
Police Department Receives New Summer Uniforms
Members of the police department have received their new blue summer uniforms ordered recently from Frank Gearing clothing store. Mr Gearing submitted the low bid on the uniforms and the outfits are described as well tailored.
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Frank Gearing
Gearing
Examinations Offered for Senior Stenographer Posts
The United States Civil Service announces open competitive exams for Senior stenographer positions. Vacancies in Ashington will be filled from these exams. Applicants must be 18 to 52, have six months residence at present address, and be in sound health. Apply by May 4 to the Civil Service Commission in Washington. For information contact J. H. Templer, local secretary, at Winchester post office.
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United States Civil Service
Ashington
Civil Service Commission
Washington
J. H. Templer
Winchester
Federal Relief Debate Set By Mount Williams Society
Members of the Mount Williams Debating Society will debate Thursday at 8 p.m. on the resolution That Federal Relief Has Been Detrimental to the Country. The affirmative team features N. C. Williams J. B. Snapp and D. C. Hulver with the negative to be announced.
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Mount Williams Debating Society
N. C. Williams
J. B. Snapp
D. C. Hulver
Public sale of valuable city property in Winchester Virginia
By virtue of a deed of trust dated November 19 1930 G C Miller and wife to John M Steck Trustee the sale of a parcel on the Winchester Berryville Turnpike is set for 12 M on Saturday April 25 1936 in front of the Winchester Court House Terms require one third cash and the remainder in two annual installments with bonds bearing 6 percent interest secured by a Deed of Trust and fire policy Inspections and further details are provided by Duvall Dunn Auctioneers
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G. C. Miller
John M. Steck
Winchester
City of
Winchester & Berryville
Said
M. W. Fisher
Fisher
Community meeting precedes debate on business products
A local announcement notes a community meeting preceding a debate, featuring two speakers H. A. ne Himelright and N. The event focuses on trans business products and timing constraints.
Public sale of valuable farm in Frederick County Virginia
Public auction to be held at the Winchester County Court House at 11 oclock A M on Tuesday May 5 1936. The sale covers 126 acres of land with improvements on Buffalo Lick and Parkins Mills Roads southeast of Winchester. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in one and two years with 6 percent interest secured by a deed of trust and a policy of fire insurance. B P Harrison and Harry R Kern trustees. Dunn and Duvall auctioneers.
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A. J
B. P. Harrison
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
A. J. Sager
H. R. Kern
County Court House
Winchester
Buffalo Lick
Parkins Mills
Divorce Action filed in Winchester Va Court
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on March 30 1936 Mary Smith Welch sues Alfonso C Welch for divorce a vinculo matri monii on grounds of cruelty and arr-relief. Alfonso C Welch not resident of Virginia must appear within fifteen days after publication. Publication ordered weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star and posting at the courthouse by April 6 1936. Teste Corinne Barnett Deputy Clerk.
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Corporation Court
Winchester
Mary Smith Welch
Alfonso C. Welch
Ea. Ant
Virginia
Inchester Evening Star
Corinne Barnett
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Schneider
Reynolds
Ae Pierce
Pope
Thomas
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E. Moyer
C. Campbell
Si Teceseas
Ulinescddeass
Gore Leaguers
U. S. Civil Service
Duvall & Dunn
Tive
Himelright
Lems
Harry R., Kern
Yosemite
Pontiac
Mich
OMA
Cenan
Tiss
H. W. Ebert Cor. Braddock & Amherst
Perre
John S. Miller
Court ‘House
Wardensville Road
G. P. Cadwallader
Berryville
Agry
Pine Motor CO
Brad
Cecil St. Winchester
Haldeman’s
Sunshine Grocery
E. Monmouth &T
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Lonesome Pine
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
N. Main Street
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
AAO Sdan
Goodrich LectroPak
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Ford
Bickers
H. W. Ebert
Buick and Pontiac
Winchester, VA
Republic
Boscawen
Valley Ave
Braddock
Republic Oil. CO
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